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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
5
In Waitomo New Zealand three explorers glide along an underground river to a cavern lit by a million glow worms. The guide explains the worms lure prey with electric like light while boats silent and darkness presses in.
A Texarkana Gazette front page announced it has teeth in it but a printer dropped his false teeth into scrap lead and type metal. The melted metal was used to cast the page, leaving the issue with an accidental dental mishap and a defaced front.
Man. bears trouble hits Riding Mountain Park cottagers as several residents report losses from outdoor refrigerators and a resident encounters bears three times dropping a bag of eggs during a retreat.
A survey of how countries issued stamps for the Olympic Games from Greece in 1896 to later hosts. Notes Britain Monaco Switzerland Greece and others each produced sets highlighting sports figures, ancient scenes, or national participation. Also mentions commemorative stamps for various figures and future issues.
Mrs. Helen Martini the Bronx Zoo animal nursery keeper, the only woman in the world's largest zoo, has raised four tigers three lions and a leopard single handed. She breeds vampire bats and other small mammals as a hobby and manages the pink and blue nursery in the 300-lion house. She recalls tending Dacca’s four cubs after a 24 hour wait and says discipline is gentle but firm.
A civic essay urges the ordinary resident to share duties for community welfare. It argues citizens must contribute to beauty and sanitation and avoid harmful conduct. It stresses a citywide "combine" where everyone benefits and participation can be small or large.
Peterborough Ont. manager Jim Fraser of the Chamber of Commerce bit into a sardine sandwich and discovered a seed pearl inside the white outer coating. He reported the curious find after dining at a local restaurant.
The craft of marquetry in cabinet making attained its zenith in Holland during the 17th century, reflecting advanced decorative techniques and intricate wood inlays by Dutch artisans of that era.
Westinghouse research scientists aim to create the world s best fire able to burn faster and hotter while wasting less fuel for future jet engines and gas turbine locomotives and ships.
A reader found two copies of the Lennox Independent dated January 13 and 20, 1838, printed on muslin rather than newsprint. The sheets, discovered in a chair pillow, showed no feather transfer. The editor in 1888 faced a blizzard that prevented newsprint and published on cloth.
Dr. E W Bradwin leads Frontier College workers into Canadian bush camps to teach English and citizenship. For 50 years the program uses university student laborer-teachers who endure hard camp life, with 1,600 workers studying in 1947 and 6,200 hours of instruction. Donations fund a $22,000 annual budget with support from Ontario and federal departments, and one teacher earned a $100 bursary plus wages.
An 800 year old English castle in Prudhoe Northumberland invites tenants at 50 pounds yearly. The Norman relic once blocked a Scottish king in 1774. A 800 pound premium is required before moving in.
A miscellany column by F. W. Darling blends verse from Ben Lomond and Dunblane with remarks on love songs and marital ideas. It quotes a Seattle matron on husband material, notes Marcel Boussac's 12 million value broodmares and Dior backing, recalls Johnny Evers and Johnny Tinker’s small statures, and ends with a jockey’s view on Scorpio dating norms and women.
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